page_title: Royal Munster Fusiliers
section_title: Great War memorials
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Munster Fusiliers / Great War memorials
caption_attribution_description: English: Image if the 'Lest we Forget' War Memorial on the Grand Parade in Cork dedicated to the fallen County Cork servicemen who gave thair lives for freedom in World War I and World War II, which was unveiled in 1925 and restored in 2008.See text of the 'Lest We Forget' Plaque at the base of the memorial.
context_page_description: The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1922. It traced its origins to the East India Company's Bengal European Regiment raised in 1652, which later became the 101st Regiment of Foot. The Royal Munster Fusiliers were formed in 1881 by the merger of the 101st Regiment of Foot and the 104th Regiment of Foot. One of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, it had its home depot in Tralee and served as the county regiment for Cork, Clare, Limerick and Kerry. At its formation the regiment comprised two regular and two militia battalions.
  The Royal Munster Fusiliers served in India before the regiment fought in the Second Boer War. Prior to the First World War, the regiment's three militia battalions were converted into reserve battalions, and a further six battalions were added to the regiment's establishment during the war. The regiment fought with distinction throughout the Great War and won three Victoria Crosses by the conflict's conclusion in 1918.
context_section_description: Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Dublin.
  Island of Ireland Peace Park Messines, Belgium.
  Menin Gate Memorial Ypres, Belgium.
caption: Cork war memorial, with a list of those who died in the First World War: Men of the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
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